New York, Sept. 28 -- Members of the Kashmiri diaspora gathered outside the United Nations Headquarters in New York during the high-level week of the 81st UN General Assembly, drawing attention to the situation in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK).

In a post on X, the Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JKJAAC) said protesters assembled outside the UN premises and highlighted what it described as serious human rights concerns in PoJK.

According to the JKJAAC, demonstrators carried placards and raised slogans calling for the withdrawal of Pakistani security forces from the region. The organisation said the protesters also highlighted allegations of killings, arrests, enforced disappearances and restrictions on fundamenta...